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Biology of fibrous composites : development beyond the cell membrane

Title
Biology of fibrous composites : development beyond the cell membrane / A.C. Neville.
Author
Neville, Anthony C. (Anthony Charles), 1937-
Publication
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

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Description
vii, 214 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
This book, is the first devoted to fibrous composites in biology. It tackles a major unsolved problem in developmental biology - how does chemistry create architecture outside cells?
Subject
  • Cytoskeleton > Formation
  • Fibrous composites
  • Developmental biology
  • Cytoskeletal proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Cytoskeleton > ultrastructure
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Developmental Biology
  • fibrous composite
  • Cytoskelet
  • Glycoprotéines
  • Protéines du cytosquelette
  • Cytosquelette
  • Composites à fibres
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.
Contents
Defining the subject -- Occurrence of fibrous composites -- Properties of natural plywoods -- Biomimicry: making liquid crystalline models of helicoids and other plywoods -- How is fibre orientation controlled? -- Unifying themes.
ISBN
  • 0521410517
  • 9780521410519
LCCN
92035618
OCLC
  • ocm26809844
  • 26809844
  • SCSB-9557067
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library